Help me decide what star wars games to play for the PC. Maybe give me a little bit of info about the games you list, too. (I have a couple dozen of them, thanks to the fact that my cousin got bored of gaming and decided to give me all his star wars games. :O )
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Thinking of Going on a Star Wars PC game binge...
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themadcowtipper
Smells faintly of rancid stilton.
The Jedi Knight games
Fragamemnon
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I'm going to stick with modern era stuff-there is a good reason why you might want to go back and hit some classics (specifically, Tie Fighter), but a good run-down would look like:
KotOR/KotOR2 - I'd definitely play the first one first, and the second one is a pretty good game too. Smart RPGs with a good mix of action and an even better emphasis on dialgoue and character development. Had a lot of fun with both.
Republican Commando - Another console port/simultaneous release, but hey, that's Star Wars. Lightweight and a lot of squad based fun without the boring nonsense that usually accompanies squad based games.
X-Wing Alliance - Yes, it is not the best of the Star Wars space sims. It is decent and it does look OK and runs on current machines without resorting to DOSBOX trickery. Worth playing, got a bad rap at release for no real reason and never was able to shake it.
Jedi Outcast/Academy - For a bit more of a original trilogy feel. Outcast is a good FPS on its own merits, and more traditional in nature than Republican Commando. The saberplay is nice in those games too.
Lego Star Wars - Fun game. Don't judge this book by its cover.
KotOR/KotOR2 - I'd definitely play the first one first, and the second one is a pretty good game too. Smart RPGs with a good mix of action and an even better emphasis on dialgoue and character development. Had a lot of fun with both.
Republican Commando - Another console port/simultaneous release, but hey, that's Star Wars. Lightweight and a lot of squad based fun without the boring nonsense that usually accompanies squad based games.
X-Wing Alliance - Yes, it is not the best of the Star Wars space sims. It is decent and it does look OK and runs on current machines without resorting to DOSBOX trickery. Worth playing, got a bad rap at release for no real reason and never was able to shake it.
Jedi Outcast/Academy - For a bit more of a original trilogy feel. Outcast is a good FPS on its own merits, and more traditional in nature than Republican Commando. The saberplay is nice in those games too.
Lego Star Wars - Fun game. Don't judge this book by its cover.
Crazymoogle
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TIE Fighter win9x edition using the unofficial patch. Forget the pointless single player campaign of XvT, the mood-swing difficulty of X-Wing, and the hapless scripting of Alliance. TF is still the champ.
Want to work for the emperor, fly with Vader on your wing, or take out rebel flagships? TF is the best way to do it.
And damn, it needs a remake. An X800 coat of paint would be even enough to sell a few million again.
Want to work for the emperor, fly with Vader on your wing, or take out rebel flagships? TF is the best way to do it.
And damn, it needs a remake. An X800 coat of paint would be even enough to sell a few million again.
Pimpbaa said:
No way, I've played both and Jedi Outcast is just a much better designed game all around. The mission based structure that Academy has is boring as all fuck. It's a little under the first Jedi Knight, which means it's not a bad game at all... all the Jedi Knight games are worth playing.
Edit: corrected my Jedi Academy > Jedi Knight error
Warm Machine
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I found Republic Commando to be quite fun. I finished the Xbox version a few nights ago. The game starts off shaky but picks up after the first 1/2 hour.
Crazymoogle
Member
DJ_Tet said:
Yes. If you're not using a flightstick, you're just damn crazy (and I should know, I played through the expansionless TF back in the day using the mouse)
Thankfully even the cheapest flightstick on Logitech's website is more than enough for the game.
Probably the best ones would be the games in the KotOR series (best of this series is probably the original KotOR), and the Jedi Knight series [best of this series is probably Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast , or perhaps Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (although you may want to be prepared for some dated graphics if you decide to play Dark Forces II)]
